Curriculum Vitae
Neil S. Siegal
Associate Professor of Law and Political Science
Duke University
School of Law
Box 90360
Durham, NC 27708-0360
phone: 919-613-7157
fax: 919-668-0995
e-mail: nsiegel@law.duke.edu
Education
Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley: J.D., 2001
- Graduated 1st in class; Boalt Hall Fellowship (full tuition, fees);
- Senior Articles Editor, California Law Review;
- Jurisprudence Award in Federal Courts (Mishkin), U.S. Supreme Court Seminar (Choper), Criminal Law (Finkelstein), Constitutional Law & Public Choice (Post and Cooter), Law & Economics (Cooter), 18th Century Constitutional Design (Lieberman)
University of California, Berkeley: Ph.D. (Jurisprudence & Social Policy), 2001
- Dissertation: Intransitivities Protect Minorities: Interpreting Madison's Theory of the Extended Republic;
- Field Examinations in American Constitutional Theory and Law & Economics
- Berkeley Graduate Fellowship (full tuition, fees, stipend); Kadish Center for Morality, Law & Public Affairs Fellow, John M. Olin Law & Economics Fellowship;
- John M. Olin Law & Economics Fellowship (four years);
- Field Examinations in American Constitutional Theory (June 1999) and Law & Economics (June 1997)
Duke University: M.A. (Economics), 1995
- Full-tuition scholarship; Spengler Fellow
Duke University: B.A., summa cum laude (Economics, Political Science), 1994
- Angier B. Duke Memorial Scholarship (full tuition);
- Phi Beta Kappa;
- Graduation with Distinction in Economics and Political Science;
- Department of Economics Prize for Best Senior Thesis
Experience
- July 2007 - Present; Durham, North Carolina
Duke University School of Law
Associate Professor of Law and Political Science - July 2005 - January 2006: Washington, D.C.
Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr.
United States Senate Judiciary Committee
Special Counsel for Roberts and Alito Hearings - July 2004 - July 2007: Durham, North Carolina
Duke University School of Law
Assistant Professor of Law and Political Science
2004-05 Committees: Journals; Clerkships
2005-06 Committees: Strategic Planning; Workshops/Laterals; Clerkships
2006-07 Committees: Workshops/Laterals; Clerkships
2007-08 Committees: Entry-Level Appointments; Clerkships - July 2003 - July 2004: Washington, D.C.
Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Supreme Court of the United States
Law Clerk - July 2002 - June 2003: Washington, D.C.
Office of the Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
Bristow Fellow - June 2001 - June 2002: Charlottesville, Virginia
Chief Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Law Clerk - June 2001: Washington, D.C.; Summer 2000: San Fransisco, California
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Summer Associate - Fall 2000: Berkeley, California
Boalt Hall School of Law
University of California, Berkeley
Teaching Assistant, Criminal Law (Sanford Kadish) - 1997-2001: Berkeley, California
Jurisprudence & Social Policy Program
University of California, Berkeley
Graduate Student Instructor
Scholarly Publications
- Legitimation as Law: Race-Conscious Assignment, "Partial-Birth" Abortion, and the Virtue of Judicial Statesmanship, 86 Texas Law Review (forthcoming 2008)
- Theorizing the Law/Politics Distinction: Neutral Principles, Affirmative Action, and the Enduring Insight of Paul Mishkin, 95 California Law Review (forthcoming 2008) (with Robert C. Post)
- Umpires at Bat: On Integration and Legitimation, 24 Constituional Commentary (forthcoming 2008)
- International Delegations and the Values of Federalism, 70 Law and Contemporary Problems (forthcoming 2008)
- Dole’s Future: A Strategic Analysis, 16 Supreme Court Economic Review (forthcoming 2008)
- Race-Conscious Student Assignment Plans: Balkanization, Integration, and Individualized Consideration, 56 Duke Law Journal 781 (2006)
- Commandeering and its Alternatives: A Federalism Perspective, 59 Vanderbilt Law Review ( 2006)
- Some Modest Uses of Transnational Legal Perspectives in First-Year Constitutional Law, 56 Journal of Legal Education (2006)
- A Theory In Search of a Court, and Itself: Judicial Minimalism at the Supreme Court Bar, 103 Michigan Law Review 1951 (2005)
- A Prescription for Perilous Times, 93 Georgetown Law Journal 1645 (2005)
- Why the Eleventh Amendment Always Matters, Even When Transaction Costs Are Zero: A Reply to Professor Farber, 18Constitutional Commentary177 (2001)
- Comment, State Sovereign Immunity and Stare Decisis: Solving the Prisoners’ Dilemma Within the Court, 89 California Law Review 1165 (2001)
- Comment, Sen and the Hart of Jurisprudence: A Critique of the Economic Analysis of Judicial Behavior, 87 California Law Review 1581 (1999)
Comments
- State Sovereign Immunity and Stare Decisis: Solving the Prisoners’ Dilemma Within the Court, 89 California Law Review (2001)
- Sen and the Hart of Jurisprudence: A Critique of the Economic Analysis of Judicial Behavior, 87 California Law Review (1999)
Unpublished Manuscripts
- Neutral Principles at Fifty: Reflections on a Phenomenon
- The General Welfare (with Robert D. Cooter)
Popular Publications
- The Meaning of the Court’s Decision in the School Cases, Contra Costa Times, July 2007
- Detainees and the Constitution, Raleigh News & Observer, Sept. 27, 2006, at A13
- Beware the Anti-Freedom Amendment, Raleigh News & Observer, June 9, 2006, at A15
- Separating Childhood Heroes from Today’s Politics, Philadelphia Inquirer, Feb. 24, 2006, at A15
- Taking Issue: Americans Deserve Answers, National Public Radio Online, Oct. 20, 2005
- Remembering Chief Justice Rehnquist, Washington Post, Sept. 5, 2005, at A30
- Rigorous Questions Would Be Only Fair, Philadelphia Inquirer, July 21, 2005, at A19
- The Conservative Choice is a Moderate, Raleigh News & Observer, July 6, 2005, at A13
- The Rhetoric Behind “Strict Constructionism,” Durham Herald-Sun, June 19, 2005, at A11
(with Aziz Huq) - Why President Bush Should Not Take the 5th, Houston Chronicle, June 17, 2005, at B11
- Medical Marijuana: Read Between the Lines, Raleigh News & Observer, June 14, 2005, at A11
- Justices Create Confusion in Sentencing by Declaring Guidelines Advisory, Daily Journal, Jan. 18, 2005 (with Erwin Chemerinsky)
- Nomination Could Bridge Divide, Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), November 22, 2004, at 23A
- The Election and the U.S. Supreme Court, Chicago Tribune, November 2, 2004, at C21
Research Interests
- Constitutional Law
- Constitutional Theory
- Constitutional Law & Economics
- Law and Politics
- Federal Courts
Research Interests
- Constitutional Law
- Race, Schools, and the Equal Protection Clause
- Readings in Ethics: Matters of Life and Death
- Constitutional Law Speaker Series
- tate Sovereign Immunity and Section Five